Shehla Raza, the Vice-President of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), has recently voiced her support for the federation that is being led by Khalid Sajjad Khokhar. In light of recent criticism by Khawaja Asif, who has been calling for an audit of the federation, Raza has come forward in defence of the PHF claiming that its office bearers have been elected through a legitimate electoral process.
Raza responded to the criticism and stated, “Certainly, someone has not given him [Khawaja Asif] an honest and true briefing. The PHF is an elected body. Its office-bearers were elected after a proper process. The president was elected for a second term as per the PHF constitution.”
Furthermore, Raza urged for the clarity regarding the purpose of the audit and to identify which specific tenure’s audit is being carried out for the members of the committee to assess if they are correct in their claims or not.
She also highlighted that PHF’s own committee was established to investigate corruption within the federation. Additionally, Raza expressed satisfaction that the Federal Government is showing interest in the country’s national game and also assured that PHF would support the government unconditionally in its efforts to curb corruption in the federation.